Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games are the second largest sporting event in the World after Olympics. These games are held every four years between the years of the Olympic Games. The games involve atheletes from Commonwealth Nations (majority erstwhile colonies of the British). Started in 1930, the games were originally called the British Empire Games. It was in 1978 that the present name of the Commonwelth Games was adopted. The table below gives the details of the Commonwealth Games till date. The games were not held from 1939 till 1949.

Year	Venue
1930	Hamilton
1934	London
1938	Sydney
1950	Auckland
1954	Vancouver
1958	Cardiff
1962	Perth
1966	Jamaica
1970	Edinburgh
1974	Christchurch
1978	Edmonton
1982	Brisbane
1986	Edinburgh
1990	Auckland
1994	Victoria
1998	Kuala Lumpur
2002	Manchester
2006	Melbourne
2010	Delhi (scheduled)